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Re: Inventor Chain

If by functional you mean you can rotate it and make it run like the chain would in real life then no. If you want it to look good and not move then yes.

The way described by msimon785 is good but it has a few extra steps from how I have done it. What I do is I make 2 complete links and inside and outside link. From there if the chain run will be straight I do a component pattern to reduce the number of constraints I have to do. For runs that are curves I do an insert constraints on every link so instead of needing 2 constraints for each link its only one. I have uploaded my models of the links for #25 if you need/ want #35 I have that as well.
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